2014 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

Israel's Shahar Shenhar achieves multiple firsts with his second, back-to-back World Championship title!

DAY 3 COVERAGE

For fourteenth-ranked Shahar Shenhar, it seemed like nothing would top his 2013 World Championship victory. However, the 21-year-old player proved that the last time wasn't a fluke.

Battling through a tough field, multiple tournaments with his participation in the World Magic Cup, and a Sunday stage that featured 2012 World Champion Yuuya Watanabe and 2007 World Champion finalist Patrick Chapin, Shenhar proved his mastery of the game. Not only is he the first player to win two World Championship titles, but he is also did so in consecutive years.

With a weekend of impressive play, two trophies from back-to-back World Championships in his possession, Shahar Shenhar has only begun to build his dynasty as one of Magic's greatest.

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December 7 2014

TOP 5 CARDS by Event Coverage Staff

The Top 5 Cards from the 2014 World Championship span multiple formats, and were pivotal in shaping the stories that took place during 2014 Worlds Week. Honorable Mention - Hordeling...

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December 7 2014

FINALS: SHAHAR SHENHAR VS. PATRICK CHAPIN by Adam Styborski

When the Top 4 of the 2014 World Championship was announced earlier in Worlds Week, there were several potential stories that could have emerged: the dominance of an all-Japan finals; the return...

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December 7 2014

SEMIFINALS: SHAHAR SHENHAR VS. YUUYA WATANABE by Corbin Hosler

Two greats of the game. Two world champions. One semifinals match with the World Championship on the line. Even in a tournament full of Hall of Famers, Pro Tour Champions, and highly-ranked...

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Dec 07 2014

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SEMIFINALS: PATRICK CHAPIN VS. KENTARO YAMAMOTO

by Adam Styborski

Call it luck. Call it skill. Call it talent. Call it experience. Nineteenth-ranked Patrick Chapin called it his shot. Winning Pro Tour Journey into Nyx was not only the Hall of Fame member's...

Dec 07 2014

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MODERN MASTERS (2015 EDITION) AND CELEBRATION

by Mike Rosenberg

On Sunday of the 2014 Worlds Week coverage, Modern Masters (2015 Edition) was revealed! In case you missed the big announcement, you can catch a glimpse at what viewers of the stream saw...

Dec 07 2014

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TOP 4 STANDARD DECKLISTS

by Event Coverage Staff

Here are the Standard decklists for the 2014 World Championship Top 4 competitors. Patrick...

Dec 03 2014

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TOP 4 PLAYER PROFILES

by Wizards of the Coast

Yuuya Watanabe Age: 25Hometown: Tokyo, JapanRecord by Format:Vintage Masters Draft: 1-2 Modern: 3-1Khans of Tarkir Draft: 3-0 Standard: 3-0-1 When Yuuya Watanabe sat down for his...

Dec 03 2014

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STANDARD DECKLISTS

by Wizards of the Coast

Here are the Standard decklists for the 2014 World Championship. Samuel Black - Red-White...

DAY 2 COVERAGE

Hall of Famer Patrick Chapin leads the field coming into Day Two of the 2014 World Championship. However, the tournament is not yet done, and seven more rounds await the twenty-four competitors. The day kicks off with three rounds of Khans of Tarkir Booster Draft, and are followed by four rounds of Standard Constructed.

Don't miss a second of the action! Tune in to the live coverage of the 2014 World Championship, happening right now!

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December 3 2014

STANDARD DECKLISTS by Wizards of the Coast

Here are the Standard decklists for the 2014 World Championship. Samuel Black - Red-White...

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December 3 2014

TOP 4 PLAYER PROFILES by Wizards of the Coast

Yuuya Watanabe Age: 25Hometown: Tokyo, JapanRecord by Format:Vintage Masters Draft: 1-2 Modern: 3-1Khans of Tarkir Draft: 3-0 Standard: 3-0-1 When Yuuya Watanabe sat down for his...

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December 3 2014

THE 2014 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, A PHOTO ESSAY by Craig Gibson and Josh Bennett

Behold, Nice! Sun-drenched seaside paradise and home to the 2014 Magic World Championship! A city of vibrant colors, where every side-street hides a cafe perfect to while away an...

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Dec 03 2014

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DOUBLE DUTY

by Josh Bennett

Eleven of the Championship competitors have a long week ahead of them. Being among the best of the best earned them more than a spot at the game's most prestigious tournament. It also meant...

Dec 03 2014

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ROUND 14: (19) PATRICK CHAPIN VS. (4) SHAUN MCLAREN

by Blake Rasmussen

This was it. The final round in the tournament. Three slots in the Top 4 had already been decided, but four players were all still in the running for the fourth and final slot. In this particular...

Dec 03 2014

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A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

by Adam Styborski

What makes a World Championship special? What's happened in the twenty years it has been an event? It's far beyond the scope of any one article to cover it all, but if there's one expert that...

Dec 03 2014

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ROUND 13: (19) PATRICK CHAPIN VS. (14) SHAHAR SHENHAR

by Josh Bennett

Two rounds to go and nineteenth-ranked Patrick Chapin needs a single win to lock up his place in the Top 4. Standing in his way is the reigning World Champion, fourteenth-ranked Shahar...

Dec 03 2014

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ROUND 12: RAPHAËL LÉVY VS. (1) OWEN TURTENWALD

by Adam Styborski

The first-ranked player in the world. That's a description that gets thrown around a little more these days. The near-weekly updates to the Top 25 ensure the ebb and flow of premier event...

Dec 03 2014

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STANDARD METAGAME

by Adam Styborski

Modern is a format some players spend days working on before the World Championship. As important as the potential 12 match points from Modern were, Standard edged that out: It was another 12...

Dec 03 2014

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ROUND 11: LARS DAM VS. JOSH UTTER-LEYTON

by Blake Rasmussen

We've finally hit the stretch run at the 2014 World Championship, with just four rounds of Standard standing between us and sleep finding out which four players will come back on Sunday. As the...

Dec 03 2014

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ROUND 10: KENTARO YAMAMOTO VS. (19) PATRICK CHAPIN

by Josh Bennett

In the day's final draft round, Kentaro Yamamoto was out for revenge against Patrick Chapin for defeating him in Modern on Day One. The overnight buzz was rightly on Patrick Chapin. Fans were...

Dec 03 2014

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VINTAGE MASTERS BOOSTERS BY PLAYER

by Wizards of the Coast

Here are all 72 booster packs that were opened in the 2014 World Championship Vintage Masters Booster Draft. Packs are not listed in draft order. Ivan Floch Addle Choking Tethers Armor of...

Dec 03 2014

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ROUND 9: (14) SHAHAR SHENHAR VS. KENTARO YAMAMOTO

by Adam Styborski

Nobody has become a repeat World Champion, but plenty have tried their best. The latest is fourteenth-ranked Shahar Shenhar, the young (but not youngest!) World Champion from Amsterdam last year...

Dec 03 2014

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KHANS OF TARKIR DRAFT DECKLISTS

by Wizards of the Coast

Here are the Khans of Tarkir draft decklists for the 2014 World Championship. Lee Shi...

Dec 03 2014

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FIRST TIMERS AT THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

by Josh Bennett

The World Championship as it is today is a young tournament. Started two years ago as The Players Championship, it crowns each Pro Tour season with a tournament unlike any other. A small field of...

Dec 03 2014

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ROUND 8: (11) SAMUEL BLACK VS. (9) YUUYA WATANABE

by Blake Rasmussen

After some less familiar drafting yesterday, it was clearly a bit comforting for players to move back into the well-worn, intimately known waters of Khans of Tarkir. Having just hosted a Pro Tour...

Dec 03 2014

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DRAFT VIEWER - KHANS OF TARKIR - POD 1

by Wizards of the Coast

DAY 1 COVERAGE

After seven rounds, Hall of Famer Patrick Chapin leads the twenty-four competitors with an undefeated record going into Day Two of the 2014 World Championship. Come back tomorrow to see if his winning streak continues. Coverage will resume tomorrow at 9 a.m. local time (CET)/12 a.m. PT/3 a.m. ET/8 a.m. GMT!

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December 2 2014

MODERN DECKLISTS by Wizards of the Coast

Scapeshift? Delver? Jeskai Ascendancy? Pod? Or something else? Modern is a format with a wide option of deck choices. Take a look at what the twenty-four players at the 2014 World Championship...

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December 2 2014

MODERN METAGAME OF THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP by Adam Styborski

When you're preparing for something like a Modern Grand Prix or Pro Tour you can reasonably expect to see some of the core decks of the format: The constant nemesis that is Jund, the resilient...

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December 2 2014

ROUND 7: (25) YUUKI ICHIKAWA VS. (20) JOSH UTTER-LEYTON by Blake Rasmussen

It was a fitting end to the day, pairing first-time World Championship competitor Yuuki Ichikawa against one of only three players to play in all three of these events, Josh Utter-Leyton. On...

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Dec 02 2014

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ROUND 6: (19) PATRICK CHAPIN VS. KENTARO YAMAMOTO

by Josh Bennett

"Sole undefeated player" has such a nice ring to it. After the fifth round, nineteenth-ranked Patrick Chapin was wearing that mantle and finding it rather to his liking. There are few who can...

Dec 02 2014

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THE THREEPEAT THREE OF THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

by Adam Styborski

"The best in the world." Using that phrase to describe a player is often a debatable point, except when it specifically isn't. The World Championship, built to invite only the game's greatest...

Dec 02 2014

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ROUND 5: (25) YUUKI ICHIKAWA VS. RAPHAËL LÉVY

by Adam Styborski

Pro Tour winner. Pro Tour Hall of Fame member. World Magic Cup-winning team captain. The career of Raphaël Lévy spans three different decades and nearly every continent on the planet....

Dec 02 2014

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ROUND 4: (7) WILLIAM JENSEN VS. (4) SHAUN MCLAREN

by Blake Rasmussen

Just about every player among the twenty-four in attendance this weekend is on some kind of track that could result—or already has resulted in—a Hall of Fame berth. You have to be that good to...

Dec 02 2014

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VINTAGE MASTERS DECKLISTS

by Wizards of the Coast

Here are the Vintage Masters draft decks for the twenty-four 2014 World Championship competitors. Pod 1 ...

Dec 02 2014

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ROUND 3: RAPHAËL LÉVY VS. (12) JACOB WILSON

by Josh Bennett

With so many archetypes to choose from in Vintage Masters draft, you wouldn't expect to face the mirror. Hall of Famer Raphaël Lévy and Pro Tour Born of the GodsfFinalist Jacob Wilson were...

Dec 02 2014

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PREPPING FOR THE BIG DANCE

by Josh Bennett

Fourteen rounds across four formats with twenty-four of the world's foremost mages is a tall order, even when you're numbered among the aforementioned. How do you prepare for that? Whom do you...

Dec 02 2014

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ROUND 2: (2) JÉRÉMY DEZANI VS. LARS DAM

by Adam Styborski

The round started with a seemingly simple question: "How did he kill your regenerator?" Lars Dam asked second-ranked Pro Tour Theros winner Jérémy Dezani. "He didn't." Dezani answered. "How...

Dec 02 2014

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VINTAGE MASTERS IRL

by Blake Rasmussen

There's an idea, a series of whispers, a line of thought out there that believes Wizards of The Coast has something akin to a vault, filled with any card you can imagine, piled to the sky. Some...

Dec 02 2014

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ROUND 1: (7) WILLIAM JENSEN VS. (10) LEE SHI TIAN

by Blake Rasmussen

During the draft, I was happy to record the picks of Yuuya Watanabe in seat five, but I have to admit, my eyes started wandering as the draft went on over to seat six where seventh-ranked William...

Dec 02 2014

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DRAFT VIEWER - VINTAGE MASTERS - POD 2

by Wizards of the Coast

Dec 01 2014

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Worlds Week 2014 Preview

by Rich Hagon

No chat, no greetings, no "hope you're well," no extended metaphor introductions. Here's why: Worlds Week Two of the finest words in gaming. If you're coming back for another dose of...

Nov 21 2014

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In a Worlds…Week Coverage Roundtable

by Brian David-Marshall

I just realized that 20 years ago this month I organized my first ever Magic tournament. There had been a couple of small tournaments around NYC but this was the first one with a big prize,...

Nov 07 2014

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Been Around the Worlds

by Brian David-Marshall

I just spent a weekend inside the Music City Center in Nashville, TN, talking about one of my favorite formats of all time—Team Sealed. During the stream for the event we would periodically show...

Dec 02 2014

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2014 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT INFORMATION

by Wizards of the Coast

TOP 4 DECKLISTS

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PATRICK CHAPIN - TOP 4, 2014 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

Decklist Stats Sample Hand

Planeswalker (5)

2 Sorin, Solemn Visitor 1 Ajani, Mentor of Heroes 2 Elspeth, Sun's Champion

Creature (15)

4 Sylvan Caryatid 4 Courser of Kruphix 2 Brimaz, King of Oreskos 4 Siege Rhino 1 Wingmate Roc

Sorcery (5)

4 Thoughtseize 1 Read the Bones

Instant (10)

4 Hero's Downfall 4 Abzan Charm 1 Utter End 1 Murderous Cut

Land (25)

4 Sandsteppe Citadel 4 Temple of Malady 3 Temple of Silence 1 Temple of Plenty 4 Windswept Heath 2 Caves of Koilos 2 Llanowar Wastes 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth 2 Forest 2 Plains

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Sideboard (15)

1 Utter End 1 Murderous Cut 2 Read the Bones 3 Bile Blight 1 Liliana Vess 2 End Hostilities 1 Glare of Heresy 1 Nissa, Worldwaker 1 Duneblast 2 Anafenza, the Foremost

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SHAHAR SHENHAR - TOP 4, 2014 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

Decklist Stats Sample Hand

Planeswalker (2)

2 Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver

Creature (22)

4 Courser of Kruphix 4 Sylvan Caryatid 4 Satyr Wayfinder 3 Hornet Queen 2 Doomwake Giant 1 Soul of Innistrad 4 Sidisi, Brood Tyrant

Sorcery (3)

3 Thoughtseize

Instant (7)

4 Murderous Cut 3 Hero's Downfall

Artifact (3)

3 Whip of Erebos

Land (23)

1 Evolving Wilds 2 Temple of Malady 1 Temple of Mystery 4 Llanowar Wastes 2 Yavimaya Coast 4 Opulent Palace 3 Forest 2 Swamp 1 Island 2 Polluted Delta 1 Mana Confluence

60 Cards